A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department.
States are not moral agents.
States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.
The contemporary political scientist believes that he can avoid the necessity of moral judgments and that he can help frame public policy without committing himself to any ethical position.
He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
Democracy without morality is impossible.
Economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved.
A nation cannot be truly great without a moral compass.